Quality Improvement Node
Node Chair: Dr. Terry Zwiep, General Surgery
This area of research which includes quality improvement and patient safety is essential to creating a culture of continuous improvement and improved patient care. It is also important with QBP funding models and Ministry of Heath metrics on outcomes from each of our Divisions. Many individuals within the Department of Surgery are already engaged in quality improvement projects but their expertise could be better shared and utilized within a larger Node so as to generate a greater benefit. This Node becomes increasingly relevant in the translation of research which is produced from the other Nodes.
Research Areas that would be Included in this Node:
- Quality improvement projects
- Patient safety
- Sustainability initiatives
- Cost effectiveness studies
Terry Zwiep
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Benign and malignant colorectal disease; Quality improvement with a focus on pre-operative optimization; Practice organization
Paul Atkison
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Paediatric transplant; Paediatric gastroenterology; Short bowel syndrome; Complex Care
Biography: Research Overview: My current research interests include paediatric hepatology and transplantation, small bowel transplantation and short gut syndrome, paediatric complex care, and inpatient paediatric care. As the head of the paediatric complex care and nutrition team, I oversee the feeding clinic and gastrostomy nurses and most of the patients with gastrostomy tubes.
Ian Ball
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Medical assistance in dying; Trauma; Organ dontaion
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: Working on a CIHR application to better describe national MAID practices and their impact on family members, patients, and providers. Conducting trials on: IVC filters in trauma patients, intravenous Lidocaine for traumatic rib fractures, and intra-abdominal hypertension in the ICU. Have been involved in a wide variety of organ donation research projects. Currently completing the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Organ Donor Management.
Glenn Bauman
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Prostate; Brain Tumor; Imaging; Radiation Oncology; Radiotherapy
Biography: Research Overview: My primary areas of clinical practice are in genitourinary and central nervous system tumors and areas of research interest are multi-modality image guided radiotherapy and cancer imaging.
Michael Chu
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Valve repair; Aortic reconstructive surgery; Transcatheter valve therapies; Minimally invasive
Biography: Research Overview: I am a clinical researcher focused on valve repair, aortic reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive techniques and transcatheter valve therapies.
Patrick Colquhoun
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Quality improvement; General and colorectal surgery; Endoscopy and advanced laparoscopic interventions
Guy DeRose
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Vascular disease; Aneurysmal disease; Complicated aortic surgery; Endovascular surgery
Darren Drosdowech
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Computer navigated shoulder replacement; Clinical outcomes of shoulder replacement; Rotator cuff repair; Shoulder trauma
Audra Duncan
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Outcomes; Aortic aneurysm; Complex open aortic reconstruction; Ruptured aneurysms; Patient centred
Biography: Research Overview: Outcomes of aortic disease treatment (occlusive disease, dissection, aneurysm) with complex open repair in the era of endovascular management, training of future aortic surgeons, outcomes of ruptured aneurysms and acute aortic syndromes.
Daryl Gray
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Post-op Pain; Quality control; Trauma; Acute Care Surgery
Biography: Research Overview: Surgical care. Quality improvement in surgical care.
James Howard
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Arthroplasty; hip; knee; outcomes; orthopaedics
Teaching: Currently accepting graduate students
Biography: Research Overview: Interested in research related to arthroplasty and orthopaedic surgery
Melissa Huynh
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Urologic oncology; Robotic surgery; Cancer survivorship and outcomes; Clinical trials.
Sarah Knowles
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Treatment of breast disease; Oncoplastic breast surgery techniques; Improved patient satisfaction.
Stewart Kribs
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Endoleak
Biography: Research Overview: My major research focus is on clinical outcomes in various areas of endovascular intervention including type 2 endoleak intervention and endovascular intervention (angioplasty and stenting) for mesenteric ischemia.
Peeyush Lala
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Placenta; Breast Cancer
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: I am interested in cellular and molecular mechanisms in breast cancer progression ,and identification of novel therapeutic targets; cellular and molecular mechanisms in human placental development in health and disease.
Jennifer Lam
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Clinical quality improvement initiatives; Paediatric general surgery
Steven Latosinsky
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Health Services Research; Surgery; ICES ; Cancer Screening; Oncology
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: Health Services Research particularly in oncology.
Ken Leslie
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Outcomes research
Biography: Research Overview: Outcomes based research.
Steven MacDonald
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Arthroplasty; Clinical trials; Hip: Knee
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: Clinical trials and outcomes in total joint arthroplasty.
Allison Maciver
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: General Surgical Oncology, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Richard McCalden
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Adult Hip and Knee Reconstructive Surgery
Neil Merritt
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Pediatric Injury; Pediatric Surgery; Pediatric Injury Prevention; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Biography: Research Overview: My research interests are in the field of pediatric trauma where I have already published on costing in Canada, imaging of pediatric trauma patients, analgesia and pediatric trauma as well as injury prevention initiatives in the area of pediatric trauma. I have also published in the area of general pediatric surgery with an interest in quality improvement and patient safety both as it applies to pediatric trauma and pediatric surgery.
Brad Moffat
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Perioperative quality improvement. Emergency surgery and trauma systems.
Douglas Naudie
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Orthopaedics; RSA; Arthroplasty; Outcomes Imaging
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: My clinical practice includes primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, hip resurfacing, hip osteotomies, and hip arthroscopy. My research interests are in the evaluation of implant fixation, wear, and osteolysis with advanced imaging modalities.
Rahul Nayak
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: My interest lies in the development of prospective clinical trials that provide information to enhance and/or update current post operative patient care pathways.
Neil Parry
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Clinical outcomes in trauma; Critical care; Acute care surgery; Complex abdominal wall reconstruction.
Naveen Poonai
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Post-op pain; Sedation; Appendicitis
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: My interests include clinical trials of interventions to manage acute pain in the emergency department or post-operative setting. I've published extensively this area including clinical trials and systematic reviews.
Nicholas Power
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Kidney Cancer; Testicular Cancer; Anatomy; Patient Derived Xenograft; Biomarkers
Biography: Research Overview: My main academic focus is kidney and testicular cancer. I have experience in co-pioneering a patient derived xenograft model for kidney cancer and have helped elucidate retroperitoneal anatomy for testicular cancer surgery with my team.
Michael Rieder
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Personalized Medicine; Clinical Pharmacology; Adverse Reactions; Immunopharmacology; Paediatric Acute Care
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview:
Douglas Ross
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Peripheral nerve; Nerve transfers; Surgical education
Biography: Research Overview: Clinically, my practice has a large component of peripheral nerve surgery. I am interested in innovative peripheral nerve transfers and their outcomes. I am also interested in surgical education and particularly CBME.
Marat Slessarev
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: ICU survivorship; Cerebral blood flow; Cardiac arrest; Acute kidney injury; Cognitive outcomes
Biography: Research Overview: I am Clinician Scientist within Division of Critical Care Medicine with interest in improving long-term outcomes of ICU survivors. My areas of research include multimodal imaging of the heart and brain, cognitive outcomes and acute kidney injury in ICU. I am in the process of establishing multidisciplinary ICU follow-up clinic at LHSC to address the needs and establish research program in ICU survivorship.
Anton Skaro
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Liver transplantation
Shane Smith
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Trauma; military medicine; vascular; combat medicine.
Biography: My area of research is vascular trauma and combat medicine
Leigh Sowerby
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Health Economics; Health Management; Sinusitis; Operative efficiency
Teaching: Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Biography: Research Overview: I am interested in healthcare optimization, health economics and management strategies to help improve efficiencies. I am also interested in patient-reported outcomes, and how best to collect this information, and clinical trials centred around chronic rhinosinusitis.
Julie Strychowsky
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Paediatric otolaryngology; Patient Outcomes; Patient Safety; Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis; Quality improvement
Biography: Research Overview: Research interests include: health outcomes research with a focus in patient safety and health care quality, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Arjang Yazdani
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Hyaluronic acid; Facial fractures; Skin; Facial biomechanics; Aging
Biography: Research Overview: We study that role of hyaluronic acid in skin ageing and fibrosis.
